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Joint venture will be established to oversee the project.

Complex could be built by Thailand’s PTT.

Hai Su Trang offshore field has an oil flow of 15,000 barrels a day.

Will import some three million metric tons of thermal coal annually.

Some 2,000 Vietnamese will go to Russia beginning this year.

Signs JV agreement with state-owned PetroVietnam for exploration projects.

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee tried to quell apprehensions rising on the safety of the nuclear power plants.

Beijing Jun Yang has agreed with the Xuchang government to develop solar power plants in Henan Province, China.

Foreign investors will own most of the US$9 billion refinery, however.

Vietnam will get a 75 million Euro credit from France to upgarde its power transmission network.

December 23, 2012 marks a milestone in the history of the Son La Hydropower Plant as the day it officially began operations three years ahead of schedule. It is the largest hydropower plant in the country and Southeast Asia, and also the largest of its kind designed and built by Vietnamese engineers.

Electricity of Vietnam announced it produced and purchased an estimated 10.12 billion kWh in the first month of this year.

Funds will go to over 100 projects to begin this year.

India's leading power equipment maker has commissioned the first unit of the 2×100 MW Nam Chien hydro project.

A VND2.5 trillion loan has been approved for Vietnam's Vinh Tan 2 and Duyen Hai 1 thermopower projects.

Alstom China will provide generators to a Dong Nai 5 hydropower station in southern Vietnam.